The Unfortunate Fortunate By: Keira Perry. It was the summer of 1990 when Ava Smith was born. Her family already knew going into this that another child would bring them into more debt. That didn't stop them from welcoming Ava, though. Their family lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in a tiny townhouse by the beach where they struggled to pay rent each month.…
Schlosser opens chapter 1: The Founding Fathers with the discussion of Carl N. Karcher being one of fast food’s pioneers. Karcher was born in Ohio in 1917 and quit school after eighth grade to help his father farm. His uncle offered him a job in his Feed and Seed store in Anaheim, CA. when he was twenty years old. Carl moved to California where he met his wife Margaret and began his family. Carl and Margaret bought a hotdog cart where Margaret sold hotdogs across the street from a Goodyear factory while Carl worked at a bakery. Karcher was eventually able to open a drive-in restaurant.…
In The Overachievers, written by Alexandra Robbins, the speaker is the New York Times bestseller author herself, who is known in the expertise of being a successful journalist and author, telling the stories of overachieving students and the stressful hardships they experience along with their frustrating journey as they transition into the college atmosphere. Robbins would have the authority as the writer on the subject of the lives of overachieving students because she was once a student that attended Walt Whitman High…
Bruce Dawe’s poems, from Sometimes Gladness, are a commentary of Australian life, from 1954 to 1978.…
Only to Serve excerpt (part 1) by Debra Davis. She was a grocery clerk for ten years, and she was laid off by her employer. She couldn’t find a regular job, so she searched on the internet for an online job. She finally found a job that appealed to her. The job required her to give advice to people on the telephone.…
“You can tell an artist is excellent when he denies his own perfection.” (Shakespeare 78 -79) Based on the characters Beatrice and Benedick the conflict between the two is that they have trouble expressing their love for each other, throughout the book the foil insult each other until they realize they love one another. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Benedick serves as the foil character of Beatrice by which Beatrice’s reasonable taste are illuminated through Benedick’s bearing thoughts; thus, compound the twist and conflict to the plot.…
Peer pressure influences teens to do dangerous and regrettable actions such as sex ,drugs and alcohol . I think that Laurie Halse Anderson is trying to tell the reader that teenagers shouldn't give into peer pressure . In the book, Melinda Sordino is influenced by peer pressure by drinking, “involuntary sex,and sneaking out of her house” (Halse). Melinda handled her peer pressure by being silent (Halse).…
Columnist, Meghan Daum, in her column, “I'm just so over the Facebook Rainbow”, discusses how people feel required to follow media trends when they don't really have to. Daum’s purpose is to explain how their was no need to follow trends just because people are doing it and to expose the real reason behind people who follow trends. Throughout her column she adopts to a humorous tone in order to connect to her social media user and trend follower audience to get them to understand her viewpoint. She relies on her readers to understand her point through emotions and her own personal opinions. Daum begins by capturing her readers attention with a question that has many answers.…
The Book Sojourners and Strangers, sets out to answer the question “What is a Church?” (pg. 19), as there are many denominations that are claiming to be the church, and some making the claim to be the one true church. Gregg R. Allison, sets out to give the different biblical interpretations that these denominations give and where they make claim that the gleam them from within the Bible. Hi thesis is, “to write a new evangelical ecclesiology as part of Crossway’s Foundations of Evangelical Theology series. He begins with the basic idea of the Church and definition of what he holds the church to be: “The church is the people of God who have been saved through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and have been incorporated into his body through baptism with the Holy Spirit” (pg. 29).…
The author of this news article, Sandee LaMotte, points out that there have been many researches studying the effects of cyberbullying among middle and high school students in literature; cyberbullying can result in hostility, delinquency, depression, suicidal thoughts, and other problems. However, she claims that college students are actually at the biggest risk of exposing themselves to cyberbullying because they use digital technology and social media more frequently than other age groups, and their increased maturity and experience won’t protect them from cyberbullying. In order to support her claims, LaMotte reports an interview with Dr. Megan Moreno, who conducted a study about cyberbullying at the University of Washington. Moreno finds…
William Deresiewicz makes compelling suggestions in his article "Faux Friendship." His ideas and modernized definitions on the truth behind the word "friend" makes a good argument though it is strictly through his perception and analysis. He demonstrates the idea that in this era we have changed how we perceive one another from the way it use to be. Deresiewicz uses a claim of value in his article, evaluating the diminishing bond of what we call a friend in today's society. He implies that the word is loosely used and has lost it's worth. When something is plentiful and everyone has many, the value of that item goes down. Just as the number of friends everyone has on Facebook has risen, those we call "friends" has extended to acquaintances, friend of a friend, or someone we would like to meet.…
Navarrete endeavors to use cartoon and comedic satire in order to expose the injustice of the powerful over the powerless. Maritess, a Filipino, agrees to work for the super friends. Rather than using her airplane to fight crime and promote justice, Wonder Woman immediately appears brashly in Zambwanga to figuratively abduct Maritess. Furthermore, Maritess asserts that Superman exercises his x-ray vision to sexually harass her.…
Approximately 840 students at Harvard University may be psychopathic; a shocking suggestion, but one that is tackled by psychologist and former Harvard professor Martha Stout in her book The Sociopath Next Door. Stout suggests that up to 4% of the population meets the diagnostic criteria of ‘sociopath.’ Colloquially, the term ‘psycho’ is often used, but its actual meaning includes several specific traits: a failure to conform to social norms, impulsivity and indifference to name a few. In the simplest of terms, psychopaths lack conscience. It is generally agreed that psychopathy and sociopathy are synonymous terms and are referred to in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD).…
Ordinary People, by Judith Guest, is a touching, sensitive novel that deals with healing and moving on from a tragedy or a difficult situation. It uniquely tells the stories of two different people and their personal situations from chapter to chapter, and how each person recovers from his/her problems. The reader is taken into their lives to share and sympathize with their misunderstandings, their pain, and their ultimate healing.…
Do we need to change our human habits to ensure the Great Barrier Reef’s Future?…